The Federal Emergency Management Agency is sending a total of 16 emergency medical technicians and paramedics to eight hospitals across the state.
2021
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine, Wrestling
With reprieve from vaccine mandate, Maine high school wrestlers hit the mat
Coaches and athletes are thankful to be able to compete this season after last year’s was canceled – even if they must wear masks.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Bringing high tech to the Maine woods
Innovations by local entrepreneurs can improve safe access to the state’s mountains, lakes, streams and coast.
Posted inTimes Record
Ron Chase: Hiking the new trails on Ragged Mountain
Forty-five years ago, there was only one trail leading to the summit of Ragged Mountain in the Camden Hills. The original Ragged Mountain Trail began on Gillette Road in Rockport and progressed southeast to the summit. Since the first part of the trail crossed private property, access was subject to landowner discretion and sometimes closed. […]
Posted inMaine, Toy Fund
Donations top $200,000 for Toy Fund
Donations are still coming in, and the newspapers will continue to publish the names of donors in the coming days.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Service members’ free speech rights unfairly restricted
The Biden administration’s new social media policy threatens troops’ livelihoods in the name of fighting extremism.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Manchin, allies favor rich over America’s working poor
I’m always amazed by politicians like Sen. Joe Manchin who use fiscal responsibility, or a desire not to create a nation of people who are looking for entitlements, as a reason to vote against programs that help the working class. President Biden’s Build Back Better plan is designed to help people who are working as […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Commentary: Manchin takes aim at Build Back Better, but his real focus is on West Virginia
Joe Manchin isn’t averse to taking a shotgun to policy he dislikes. In 2018, the senator starred in a political ad in which he explains how a lawsuit to repeal the Affordable Care Act – something his opponent, state attorney general Patrick Morrisey, was at the time trying to do – would strip health care […]
Posted inTimes Record
From the Garden: 8 parting tips from longtime AP columnist Reich
Farewell, fellow gardener. After almost 30 years of sharing my gardening experience, expertise, and enthusiasm in columns for The Associated Press, I’ve decided to focus my time and energy in other directions. Thanks for joining me as, according to the seasons, I selected tomato varieties to grow, pruned ‘mums for best blooms, or highlighted the […]
Posted inMeetinghouse, Opinion
Jean Flahive, South Portland: The heat and the hurt of the spotlight
Growing up, I was always the “new kid” at school. About every two years I walked alone into a new classroom and was often tagged as just another “military brat.” That changed when I entered, for the first time, a school in the South. I experienced a new tag. One that haunted me for many […]